Hongkong, July 29.
About 30,500 destitute refegces are now sleeping in the streets of the British Crown Colony of Hongkong. according to a count just made. states a memorandum on refugees issued by the Hongkong government yesterday.
More than 7,500 of these destitute Chinese are women and children who, unless in the meantime provided for, have no place to go to when winter begins.
The Legislative Council discussed yesterday the question of these unfortunates and proposed to as semble them in great camps. According to preliminary estimates. the cost of equipment of the camps would be about $520.000.—Trans-
Ocean.—, d
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